Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Contra Costa 
Del Norte 
El Dorado 
Fresno 
Glenn 
Humboldt 
Imperial 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
330 
53 
769 
4,480 
999 
547 
337 
acres 
33,420 
6,321 
5,898 
992,479 
244,761 
12,253 
466,877 
Irrigated 
farms 
263 
45 
665 
4,274 
926 
370 
330 
acres 
26,476 
5,455 
4,351 
960,075 
227,439 
6,016 
450,186 
Barley for grain 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
25 
7 
2 
4 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
7,319 
762 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
478,338 
51,457 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
16 
5 
2 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
3,264 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
16 
4 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
4 
- 
10 
29 
43 
9 
4 
acres 
1,851 
- 
18 
4,183 
7,264 
9 
580 
bushels 
271,181 
- 
648 
816,638 
1,570,387 
296 
95,496 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
- 
10 
29 
43 
9 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,851 
18 
4,183 
7,236 
9 
580 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
10 
6 
3 
9 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
11 
14 
- 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
7 
16 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
3 
9 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
5 
- 
2 
130 
42 
7 
2 
acres 
1,342 
- 
(D) 
32,438 
7,152 
227 
(D) 
tons 
28,481 
- 
(D) 
795,828 
193,219 
4,546 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
- 
2 
127 
40 
2 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
31,346 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
2 
16 
6 
5 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
35 
14 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
36 
13 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
27 
4 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
12 
5 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
226 
9 
- 
5 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
106,400 
1,610 
- 
3,073 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
372,116 
5,230 
- 
10,239 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
226 
9 
- 
5 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
“ 
“ 
106,400 
1,610 
“ 
3,073 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
21 
4 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
64 
3 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
69 
2 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
41 
- 
- 
2 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
25 
- 
1 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
4 
29 
7 
13 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
4 
5,657 
1,455 
29 
(D) 
cwt 
- 
- 
64 
153,176 
47,319 
485 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
4 
29 
7 
3 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
" 
4 
5,657 
1,455 
3 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
4 
4 
- 
13 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
8 
3 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
11 
1 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
1 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
63 
25 
14 
400 
208 
228 
251 
acres 
8,879 
5,915 
327 
90,491 
27,086 
10,455 
246,400 
tons, dry equivalent 
33,416 
32,279 
572 
610,191 
133,383 
37,706 
1,689,634 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
13 
8 
336 
132 
78 
244 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
7,116 
5,072 
169 
84,863 
17,740 
4,735 
233,013 
1 to 24 acres 
28 
11 
11 
109 
80 
133 
22 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
6 
2 
107 
64 
64 
49 
1 00 to 249 acres 
16 
4 
1 
91 
29 
26 
27 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
47 
20 
4 
25 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
3 
- 
33 
11 
1 
47 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
1 
13 
4 
- 
81 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
13 
10 
2 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
1,624 
1,200 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
197,099 
78,084 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
10 
1 
2 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
“ 
“ 
1,279 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
6 
4 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
20 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
62,290 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
20 
- 
- 
-continued 
392 California 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
